Improvement in machines for attaching heels to boots and shoes



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P. HOGAN ,& D. WHITLOGK. Machine for Attaching Heels to Boots and. Shoes.

I No. 206,231, Pat ented .iui y 23, I878.

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Machine for Attaching Heels tOB'OO'GS and Shoesg No. 206,237. Patented m 23,1878.

M I Q a'sne ub-sneetaf HOGA-II 8: D. WHITLOGK. Machine for Attaching Hsels to Boots and Shoes;

No'. 206,231 Paieniedluly 23.187 8.

m'riuen niiuxs' int-.nQi-ndniifivuiirnoe I PRO E ENT 'm MACHlN ES at ATTACll'liNGllEl-ILS T o'BoliTs' No sHoiis.

Special-alien lormin; purl ol' la-lll'l's ltjllllli Xe. 206,237, dated July '23, [871 appllralion lilul \pril 27, 1878.

To "1/ whom it wm y concern:

lle .it known that we, .l-Arnnn; llooax and DANIEL \VIII'lfLOCK, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Maeliines ton-\ttaehing l [eels to Boots and Shoes, whielt improvement is fully set forth in the folliowiug' specification and aeeom 'nurving drawin which- "Figure 1 is a ,lro'nt. elevation. Fig. 2 is a.

i plan of the bed or die and the loader. Fig.

i; is a side elevation. Figs. .4 and 5 are plan views oiclamps i'or holding'sections of the heel. l

The object of our invention is to produce a machineiorattac'hing heels to boots and shoes which shall be simple in construction, substantial eheap ,and rapid in action.

The nun-hine l i i)ll. ll'll(i-ltil with a stationar \"l'rame, A, having, a vertical sliding head, B, and box C, driven by a crankshaft, 1), taking its motion from a ti 'wheel, E, when thrown together by a clutch. Some other form of driving, mechanism may answer the same purpose. At the base of this frame is fitted a sliding bed, 1), having attached to it the not I, which nut, lixed vertically, is made to contain and operate the screw-shaft O of a last standard, 13, the nut being desigiiedto raise the shoe A up to the work.

Attached to the frame, above. the sliding bed, is a stationary bcd'or die, i up against which the shoehecl is to be pressed whenbeing nailed. This die is perlbrated with a double set of holes, a and a, to receive, guide,

and support the nails, which will 't'urther be explained hereinafter.

To one side of the frame, above the die E, is jointed a swing-loader, K, having the adjustable spring-bot-tom'L, and this loader and bottom have also holes exactly agreeing with those in the die; but the holes in the bottomis secured the plate Fig. 4 has an open end, 1, to receive a thick section of the heel, and Fig. 5 has the end Q closed to receive the thin section of a heel for blind-nailing. These clamps are made with the plate R, to which is hung theswing-lever S, used to open the clamp, which is effected by pressing the lever inward, when the arm 0 draws down the pointed slide f, which allows the jaws h, acted by the springs '2 to open at .the outer end for receiving a section of the .heel, which, on releasing the lever, is held in position.

\Ve will now explain the operation of atl taching the heels.

The shoe A is placed on the last 0 on the top of the last-shank 15, and is slid under the die E, and rests against the adjustable stop 1%. .lllhena -er-etion, 11', of the -hee is-put in the clamp, Fig. 5, and is slipped in under't-he die to its place on the top of the heel part of the shoe. The shoe is then raised by turning the nut I, and the heel is firmly clamped up under the die. The nails are now put in' the holes a in the loader R, the bottom L keepin g them from falling through, and the loader isswung around over the die, when the bottom, striking; the step c, is pushed back, so that the holes in the loader and in the bottom ap'ree, and the nails drop through into the holes in the die; then the loader is swung back, and motion is given to the machine, and the plate at is forced down, and the rods n, entering the holes in the die, where the nails are, force them down into the heel.

In some cases theloader may be dispensed. with, and the nails be depositeddirectly in the die. I

After the nails have been driven as above shown, the shoe is lowered a little,;,and a section, 0, .ot'the heel for blind-nailing is placed in clamp, Fig. 5, and slipped in'onthe top of the heel, when the shoe is" again pressed up,

and this section is forced down upon the topof thenails left up a little to engage it.

Sometimes it is necessary to attach heels in two regular sections, bcsidesthe section for blind-nailing, as inl re'hch hcelsr-"and thr "this purpose we construct our mac ine with two sets of holes, a and a,'in' the die and,

loader,- and with two sets of driving-rods,a: and a, the one set inside ol the other. The

- 1 time, New muses):

I if required.

side ones, and in nailing. the heel in sections, 1

as just named, the nails are deposited in the outside set of holes, a, and then, when the rods descend, these nails are driven. The shoe. 1s

then lowered, and/the second section-of the heel is put in place and ,fastened by nails driven through the inner holes. The blindnailing piece is then attached as above shown,

",We do not claim, broadly, driving nails in a shoe-he by means of rods working through holes in a die or bed, for that has beenv done substantially before; but we have elements of novelty not found in other patents that we know of, on which we base our claims for novelty, which features are set forth in the follow in g claims: I

I claim- 1. In a heel-nailing machine for boots and shoes, the combination of the die or bed E, having two sets of perforations, wand a, and the driving-plate m, provided with two sets of rods, n and n, of variable lengths, suhsta-ntially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the bed E and driving-plate m, the adjustable swing-loader K, provided with the-spring-bottom L, substantially as set forth. 1

3. In a boot and shoe healing machine, the eombinationof the sliding bedD, and laststandard B, and adjustable stop F, and nailing loading mechanism, all arranged and operating substantially as, and for the, purpose 4. In a boot and-shoe heeling machine, the combination of the sliding" bed D, the nut I, and screw-shaft (1, all arranged substantially as set forth.

5. The adjustable clamp, havin a the plate R,

either open or closed at the end -;or rec'eiv'in the section of the heel, and having the lever- S, arm e, slidef, jaws h, and springs i, combined and operating substantially as audjfor the purpose set forth.-

PATRK. HOGAN.

DANIEL WHITLOOK.

l-Vitnesses:

'l'IonAoL HARRIS,

A. (l. JENKINS. 

